Improvement in carriage-tongue holders



T. .HEATON.

Carriage-Tongue Holder.

No. 69,805 Patented Oct. 15, 1867.

Witnesses= I I Inventor.

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I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMPSON HEATON, OF FARMINGTON, ILLINOIS;

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-TONGUE HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 69,805, dated October15,1867.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMPSON HEATON, of' Farmington, in the county ofFulton and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Method of.Making a Carriage-Tongue Holder or Coupling for Neck-Yoke and(larriage-Pole; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference thereon. a

The nature of my invention consists in attaching the leathertongue-holder to the neckyoke in such a manner that while it isnoiseless and secure in its attachments it is not liable to get out oforder.

To enable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention, I willnow describe its construction and mode of operation.

Of any of the approved forms, I make the wooden neck-yoke a, Figure 1,and at the mi ddle I securely fasten or insert a metallic staple, b, toproject on the lower side just far enough to admit the proper thicknessof the leather tongue-holder c. I make the holder of doubled andstitched leather of suitable quality and thickness, and at the upperend, where the leather is passed through the staple, I insert a metallicroller or lining, d, Fig. 2, which receives, and in which works, thestaple b, making a Well-fitted loose joint of the coupling'between theleather holder and the neckyoke, and thus avoiding the noise and wear ofan iron holder, or a leather one which passes around the neck-yoke.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isthe following only, viz:

The metallic staple and roller or lining in upper end of leather holder,with the form of the holder, all in the combination and for the usesherein substantially as set forth.

THOMPSON HEATON.

Witnesses:

W. H. HASKELL, O. W. WILLs.

